The elements of a new materia medica and therapeutics : based upon an entirely new collection of drug-provings and clinical experience / by E.E. Marcy, J.C. Peters & Otto Füllgraff.

  • Marcy, E. E. (Erastus Edgerton), 1815-1900.
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[1859-1861]
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    pulse was quick and irregular. The same results followed twenty- grain doses, two and five days afterwards Thirty grains two days later, produced very violent scraping in the throat, followed in ten minutes by an aching pain apparently in the posterior wall of the stomach, and extending between the shoulder-blades into the dorsal vertebra:. During these experiments he expectorated mucfh bright, transparent, glassy mucus, punctated with black spots, and his stools seemed harder and less frequent. (4. 11.) Clinical Remarks.—It promises to be useful in some irritations in the throat, (esophagus and stomach; in flatulent affections and irregu- larity of the pulse from derangement of the stomach. Its peculiar action upon the muscles and tendons begin to become evident in these experiments, especially about the spine and shoulders. It deserves attention in sleeplessness and dreaminess at night when arising from derangement of the stomach, and attended with quickness and irregu- larity of the pulse, more or less stomach- or throat-cough, and some constipation. (11.) ,'!. Dr. Heisterbugk took fifteen grains in eight ounces of lukewarm water, followed in ten minutes by a gradually increasing pain in the stomach, as if all the walls of the stomach were spasmodically con- tractu! ; it lasted an hour, and was then relieved by eating. He also noticed increased activity of the skin, and a pricking pain in the chest and internal surfaces of the arms, such as occurs after a sudden over- heating; pulse 75 to 80. Four days after he took the same dose with slighter results and no pricking; fifteen grains in four ounces, only produced a slight sensation in the stomach; the same dose two days after, produced in a few minutes a considerable distention of the abdo- men, lasting for one hour; the same dose two days after, produced the same bloating of the abdomen, followed by moderate heaviness and confusion of the head, lasting for two hours; thirty and forty grains in six ounces of water, only re-produced the swelling of the abdomen and confusion of the head. (4. 11.) Clinical Remarks.—In these experiments there was a decided ten- dency to cramps of the stomach, to an unusual development of flatu- lence in the bowels, attended with confusion of the head and irritation of the skin. (11.) 4. Dr. Kneschke took seven grains in four ounces, and eleven grains in six ounces of water, without any result; but fifteen grains produced in half an hour a peculiar scraping and burning in the throat ami (esophagus, followed in a few minutes by a troublesome aching in the stomach, lasting for a full hour. Three repetitions of the same dose only produced the same results; but twenty-two grains in four ounces of water, caused scraping in the throat immediately, and vio- lent aching in the stomach lasting for one hour; he had a good night, but awoke with violent piercing pains in the forehead and occiput, lasting the whole day, attended with loss of appetite, constipation, and dejection of spirits; he only recovered on the fifth day. Another